After receiving some feedback on my poster,I added the names of the magazines and website that had given the reviews at the top of the page.I also changed the scale of the writing and text so it was clear and professional. I think the poster succeeds in being of the thriller genre as it is quite ambitious and leaves the audience intrigued as to what will happen. Overall , I am pleased with the quality of the poster because it is thought provoking and unique , which is hard to achieve with so many Thriller posters out there. I wanted the overall message to be that this there is someone watching our protagonists , making the audience feel ill at ease.
By following the rules and regulations of BBFC I have rated my film as a 12A because to is not for young children. Initially I warranted it at 18 , but after consideration I decided to lower this rating because there is no violence , bad language or nudity etc.
The BBFC website
What might a 12A contain?
1)A 12A may include brief sex scenes
2)Some horror film can be passed as 12A , and mine has elements of this genre as it is quite frightening
3)The official BBFC website explains that a dark or unsettling film would either fit between a 12 or a 15
What does my short film contain?
My film only features some behavior that teens may copy , hence my reasoning for not allowing it to be a U . I refrained from using bad language or violence as I wanted to focus on the characters psychology as the scary or imposing element. I don't believe that my film would have been as memorable with violence as half the storyline that is created is simply applied , and that makes it much more frightening.
This post will examine what other fathers have influenced my own product. Although , the film is a thriller , it also has elements of the science fiction and horror genres.One major issue with the films narrative was that it was of a huge scale, the idea of government control is probably too ambitious to do justice in only three minutes.I tried to scale the action back and make it more of a story about the relationship between two people and the effect society has had on them.
Strangers on a train (Alfred Hitchcock , 1951)
I am aware I have already covered that this film influenced me , but the idea of two major charcters under pressure is seen here with one man blackmailing the other. The black and white makes the film more harrowing and frightening as the character of Bruno appearing in the shadows confronts Guy.
The Hunger Games(Gary Ross,2012)
As mentioned previously , my short film has much in common with science fiction and dystopian society.The Hunger Games seems to be very similar on paper , but it is different when you watch my short film as mine is much smaller in scale.The film is a 12A similar to this franchise as it has a lot of adult themes , but is not as violent as many other thriller or science fiction films.
Brazil (Terry Gillaim, 1985)
Much of the strangeness of my film is similar to the approach Terry Gilliam's Brazil took when it came out in 1985.Even if you watch the film multiple times , you see something you never noticed before , and the film is packed with different meanings and theme , similar to my own.
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
This film is similar to my film as the main protagonist finds himself in a world he does not fully understand. Its a world that is controlled by a higher force and I think that this film influenced me in that respect. The big difference is that the main character finds a way out of his nightmare , but in my short , the protagonists do not have a happy ending.
Before I went out on location to begin filming ,I had to find actors to take part. I had to use the social media site Facebook to make some arrangements with a someone from my media class. I have taken screen shots of the conversation which you can view below:
Last year for my AS film studies I directed my first short film entitled The Trail. I thought it would be valuable for me to look at what worked and what was not as effective when planning my next short film,this time for Media studies. For instance , I have now started filming for Illusion,my second film,and have challenged myself by writing a script for it,something that I never made for The Trail. Ive also decided to this year add more sound effects instead of having one long piece of non diagetic music.
Looking back on this piece of work , I can see the flaws. It is often too simple to be a silent film , and this may have stopped the audience engaging with it.Weather was also a factor that may have affected the end product. It was often raining , so I was forced to rearrange the shoot on several occasions. I think that I have learnt from my mistakes this year as I am going to check the weather reports online to determine what time I will begin filming.With this film , I found it hard to arrange a certain time me and my actor could meet as we both had busy timetables at college.To remedy this this year , I will plan ahead in advance. Finally , the other problem was that I did not take enough footage , so I had to to go and film extra on another day.
As part of my time management , I filled in a checklist of what I had completed on my blog and what I still needed to complete. After I had completed this , my teacher filled in a separate sheet , giving me feedback on the quality of the work through the use of red , yellow and green colours.
As you can see, I have made progress on both my film poster and magazine review page by including the conventions of what makes them appealing to an audience. For example, Ive tried to avoid having blank space on my poster and covered it with as much content as possible.This was difficult , as I also needed to make the eye in the centre the main point of interest. As I have found out in my research , that some people are influenced by the critics comments on a poster , so I have tried to add some here.
With my review , I found that I had to keep the page concise and easy to navigate. I attempted to make the end product seem professional and have much in common with contemporary film magazines on sale.
